Broker Option update

RNS Number : 5459Y

Randall & Quilter Inv Hldgs Ltd

06 March 2017

 

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, INCLUDING THE APPENDIX AND THE INFORMATION IN IT, IS RESTRICTED AND IS NOT FOR PUBLICATION, RELEASE OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN OR INTO OR FROM THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, CANADA, THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA OR JAPAN OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH PUBLICATION, RELEASE OR DISTRIBUTION WOULD BE UNLAWFUL.

6 March 2017

Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd.

("R&Q", the "Group" or the "Company")

Broker Option update

Further to the announcement on 28 February 2017 that it has conditionally raised gross proceeds of approximately £16.9 million through the Placing, R&Q is pleased to announce that it has conditionally raised additional gross proceeds of approximately £1.0 million via the Broker Option. An additional 854,700 new ordinary shares have been placed by Numis Securities Limited at a price of 117 pence per share. The Board is pleased to confirm that there was significant demand via the Broker Option and that the book was over-subscribed.

As such, a total of 15,278,291 new ordinary shares have been placed via the Placing and Broker Option, raising gross proceeds for the Company of £17.9 million, conditional upon the passing of the requisite shareholder resolutions at the General Meeting on 27 March 2017. Application will be made for the Placing and Broker Option Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM. Admission and dealings in the new shares is expected to take place at 8.00 a.m. on 28 March 2017.

Defined terms used in this announcement bear the same meaning as those used in the announcement dated 28 February 2017.

For further information please contact:

Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd. Tom Booth	www.rqih.com [phone]
Numis Securities Limited (Bookrunner, Nomad and Joint Broker) Oliver Hemsley Stuart Skinner Charles Farquhar Akshman Ori Harry Trueman	[phone]
FTI Consulting Edward Berry Tom Blackwell	[phone]

Notes to Editors:

About R&Q

Randall & Quilter pursues a buy and build strategy and has created a comprehensive range of investment activities and services in the global non-life insurance market.

R&Q is focused on the following three core areas:

•     Insurance Investments

•     Insurance Services

•     Underwriting Management

The Group:

•     provides a range of services to both the live and legacy (re)insurance markets to support growing businesses and address complex and challenging run-off issues;

•     employs close to 400 insurance professionals based in the UK, US, Bermuda, and Europe with wide service capability in both the 'live' and 'run-off' markets;

•     owns and manages a portfolio of insurance companies, both active and in run-off, in the UK, US and Europe with net assets of £123.7m as at 31 December 2015;

•     owns an admitted P&C Insurer, A- rated by AM Best, with licenses throughout the US; owns a Bermuda Class 3A insurance company which currently supports the Group's syndicate participations;

•     launched Syndicate 1991, which commenced underwriting from January 1, 2013 and has an agreed capacity of £130m for 2016, manages one RITC ('run-off') syndicate, 3330, and owns and operates an MGA platform;

•     acquires and manages a portfolio of insurance receivables, with a carrying cost of £6.0m as at 31 December 2015, of which R&Q holds a 50% interest

The Group was founded by Ken Randall and Alan Quilter in 1991.

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 2138006K1U38QCGLFC94

Website: www.rqih.com

IMPORTANT NOTICE

No action has been taken by the Company, Numis, or any of their respective affiliates, that would, or which is intended to, permit a public offer of the Placing Shares in any jurisdiction or the possession or distribution of this announcement or any other offering or publicity material relating to the Placing Shares in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of such jurisdictions. Persons into whose possession this announcement comes shall inform themselves about, and observe, such restrictions.

No prospectus will be made available in connection with the matters contained in this announcement and no such prospectus is required (in accordance with the Prospectus Directive) to be published.

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, INCLUDING THE APPENDIX AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN, IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY, IS NOT INTENDED TO AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE OR FORM PART OF ANY OFFER OR INVITATION TO PURCHASE OR SUBSCRIBE FOR, UNDERWRITE, SELL OR ISSUE OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO PURCHASE OR SUBSCRIBE, SELL, ACQUIRE, DISPOSE OF THE PLACING SHARES OR ANY OTHER SECURITY IN THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, CANADA, JAPAN OR THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA OR IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH, OR TO ANY PERSONS TO WHOM, SUCH OFFERING, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL.

Numis Securities Limited is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FCA and is acting exclusively for the Company in connection with the Placing and no one else and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to its clients nor for providing advice to any other person in relation to the Placing and/or any other matter referred to in this announcement.

No representation or warranty, express or implied, is or will be made as to, or in relation to, and no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted by Numis or the Company or any of their respective affiliates or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, advisers or representatives (collectively, "Representatives") as to or in relation to the accuracy or completeness of this announcement or any other written or oral information made available to or publicly available to any interested party or its advisers, and any liability therefor is expressly disclaimed.

This announcement does not identify or suggest, or purport to identify or suggest, the risks (direct or indirect) that may be associated with an investment in the Placing Shares. Any investment decision to buy Placing Shares in the Placing must be made solely on the basis of publicly available information, which has not been independently verified by Numis.

The price of Ordinary Shares and any income from them may go down as well as up and investors may not get back the full amount invested on disposal of the Ordinary Shares.

The Placing Shares to be issued pursuant to the Placing will not be admitted to trading on any stock exchange other than the AIM Market operated by the London Stock Exchange.

 

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